WHEAT AND OATS
THRESHING RETURNS. FIGURES UP TO FEBRUARY. The results of threshing operations carried out during the month of January have been ascertained from returns received up to February 21. The figures show that 1,230,967 bushels of wheat and 138,164 bushels of oats have been threshed from harvested areas of these crops, the* ascertained average yields per acre being 26.86 bushels for wheat and 33.28 bushels for oats. A table is appended showing for each land district the quantities of wheat and oats threshed, and the average vield pei acre in each case.
Wheat. ‘ Av’ge. Yield Total per Firsts. Threshed. acre. ' Bushels. Bushels. Bushels Hawke’s Bay 2,347 3,712 27.91 Wellington 57,637 60,937 30.62 Nelson 7,551 8,098 18.62 Marlborough . 33,462 39,760 2628 Canterbury 1,029,754 1,089,200 26.63 Otago 27,727 29,260 34.02 - Totals ......1,159,4781,230,967 26.86 Oats. . Av’ge. H Yield . " Total per Threshedv. acre. Bushels. Bushels Hawke’s Bay 100 50.00 Wellington 15,939 37.42 Nelson 4,884: 38.16 Marlborough 13,330 33.08 Canterbury 84,101 31.23 Otago 19,800 39.68 Totals 138,154 33.28
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 128, 12 March 1935, Page 7
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